NGC 7320
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NGC 7320 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus. It was discovered on 27 September 1873 by French astronomer Édouard Stephan.<ref name="selig">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
NGC 7320 is a member of Stephan's Quintet, however, it is not an actual member of the galaxy group, but a much closer line-of-sight galaxy at a distance of about 40 million light years, the same as the nearby NGC 7331. Other galaxies of Stephan's Quintet are some 300 million light-years distant.
NGC 7320 has extensive H II regions, identified as red blobs, where active star formation is occurring.
The galaxy was imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope as part of Stephan's Quintet; the picture was released on 12 July 2022.
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NGC 7320 imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope.
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- https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2022/news-2022-034
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